Prime Minister's Office confirms that the state funded work at the residence in Caesarea during the war. "The accountant stated that he approved these works by relying on a ministerial salary decision," says PM's spokeswoman.
Only about two weeks ago, the Prime Minister's wife, Sara Netanyahu, addressed the controversy over the financing of the pool works. She said during a hearing in the Jerusalem District Court that this is "nonsense, in the middle of a war, no renovations are done"